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authorwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-15 19:41:24 +0000
committerwilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-15 19:41:24 +0000
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Update hardware support. Add note on TGA. Remove DEFPA FDDI (it did
not work when I last tried). Tell people to not spend money on anything less than EV5 machines. Approved by: re (blanket)
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml
index f9db9a8..81ea19b 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml
@@ -256,13 +256,15 @@
improved FPU and 16 kByte on-chip separate I &amp; D caches compared
to the EV4 on which it is based. Rule of thumb: the higher the
digit immediately following <quote>EV</quote> the more desirable
- (read: faster / more modern).</para>
+ (read: faster / more modern). Spending money on anything less than
+ an EV5 is not recommended. Hardware available for free is a different
+ matter of course.</para>
<para>For memory you want at least 32 Mbytes. I have had
- &os; run on a 16 Mbyte system but you will not enjoy
+ &os; run on a 16 Mbyte system years ago but you will not enjoy
that. Kernel build times halved when I went to 32 Mbytes. Note that
the SRM console steals 2Mbyte from the total system memory (and keeps
- it). For more serious work 64 Mbytes or more are recommended.
+ it). For more serious work 128 Mbytes or more are recommended.
Although Alpha machines typically can accomodate large to very large
physical memory sizes, &os; is limited to 1 or 2 Gbytes (dependent
on the core chipset) of RAM. This restriction is due to the
@@ -2608,8 +2610,6 @@ cpu EV5</programlisting>
beware: the &man.fxp.4; driver is reported not to work correctly
with &os; (although it works excellently on &os;/x86).</para>
- <para>DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI network adapters are supported on alpha.</para>
-
<para>In general the SRM console emulates a VGA-compatibility mode
on PCI VGA cards. This is, however, not guaranteed to work by
Compaq/DEC for each and every card type out there. When the SRM
@@ -2619,9 +2619,9 @@ cpu EV5</programlisting>
so that leaves you with 80x25 consoles.</para>
<para>In some Alpha machines you will find video adapters based
- on TGA chips. The plain TGA adapter does not emulate VGA and is
- therefore not usable for a &os; console. TGA2 cards have a basic
- VGA compatibility mode and work fine as &os; consoles.</para>
+ on TGA chips. TGA support in &os; is not as robust as it should
+ be. In case of problems it is advisable to try either a
+ serial console or a plain VGA card.</para>
<para>The <quote>PC standard</quote> serial ports found on most
Alphas are supported.</para>
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